From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD0E31381F3 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:58:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24511E093A; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:58:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB0FEE08E8 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B4F0C80084 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:58:09 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:58:04 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration Message-ID: <20130719195804.3396f60f@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <201307191945.46099.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <20130718182232.5c1301ce@acme7.acmenet> <20130719114234.332ff09e@acme7.acmenet> <51E96CBB.4080300@gmail.com> <201307191945.46099.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2-46-g50116e (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/y11Bd1x9F_9UuOAvs.tFAmF"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: cb8f9060-8a2d-4220-8abe-1893db6692eb X-Archives-Hash: 4f2d37c92d1451168527c0dbba05fa61 --Sig_/y11Bd1x9F_9UuOAvs.tFAmF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:45:36 +0100, Mick wrote: > I have a MUCH smaller /home than Dale and on a new box I was thinking > of having it on a HDD, along with all things portage related. I > typically resync 3 -4 times a week but I am not sure how much > erase/write cycles this represents. Also, /home is written all the > time with mail and various application profile folders, browser cache > and what have you. Which is why you want it on the fastest device possible. The whole point of a faster drive is to speed up IO intensive operations. If you then consign specifically those operations to the old HDD, why bother? Thing like video files can go on a hard drive because they are read far more slowly than the drive's speed anyway.=20 > Am I being too cautious with current technology SSDs? Yes. --=20 Neil Bothwick During a raid on a local chemist's shop, 2000 Viagra tablets were stolen Police are looking for hardened criminals! --Sig_/y11Bd1x9F_9UuOAvs.tFAmF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlHpjEEACgkQum4al0N1GQPb/ACeNMJLynQu/wfgGXzEwrQszNYa 01sAoNtiXkXPc2+g7AeG0U6gd5xIWlAS =2mMD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/y11Bd1x9F_9UuOAvs.tFAmF--